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  W45 - Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) (frame page - operates correctly from ...
GNER are valued sponsors of the Wildlife Information Network.
GNER has come a long way in a short space of time, since winning a seven-year franchise to operate high speed passenger rail services on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.
GNER hope to add 10 high speed electric tilting trains to the fleet at a cost of £150 million.
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 Great North Eastern Railway
Great North Eastern Railway has announced plans to build three new stations near Doncaster, Edinburgh and north London, as part of its bid to the Strategic Rail Authority for a new franchise to run the east coast mainline.
Great North Eastern Railway is asking the government to extend its franchise on the east coast main line from seven to 15 years, and also wants a guarantee that any future operator would be required to run tilting trains in order to reduce its leasing costs on these trains.
Great North Eastern Railway is offering to profit-share with the government in return for the doubling of its seven year franchise in order to justify an investment in eight new trains for its London to Scotland services.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /gry71790.htm   (245 words)

  
 London and North Eastern Railway - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
Great Central Railway (formerly the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway)
The public face of a railway system was and is in large part the locomotives and rolling stock in service upon it, and therefore the personalities of the Chief Mechanical Engineers of the LNER impressed their distinctive visions upon the railway.
He was a North Eastern man, and it has been suggested that his dislike stemmed partly from Gresley's rejection of the work of Vincent Raven.
ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/LNER   (918 words)

  
 The Romance of the L.N.E.R.
With great confidence the promoters of the new railway had announced that the line would be opened on Tuesday, September 27, and as early as half-past five in the morning hundreds of vehicles of all kinds were moving towards the railway.
During the latter half of 1829 an extension of the railway from Stockton to an obscure village known as Middlesbrough, situated near the mouth of the River Tees, was proposed.
Farther north, in 1846, a railway between Aberdeen and Inverness, the Great North of Scotland, was incorporated.
mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r046.html   (5791 words)

  
 City Summary - Newcastle, England - Traveler Information Systems in Europe
GNER is one of the 25 private train companies operating passenger services in Great Britain under franchise to the Strategic Rail Authority.
This center is the GNER phone center for the purchase of railway passes and trip planning information throughout Great Britain.
Traveline North East is funded by contract to 33 private transit operators in the region.
international.fhwa.dot.gov /travelinfo/newcastle.htm   (970 words)

  
 Great North Eastern Railway : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
Great North eastern Railways (GNER) are one of the companies formerly run by British Rail Intercity, when a reliable journey was the norm.
I’ve used GNER a fair bit as I used to live in Peterborough and would travel home to Newcastle and have only ever suffered minor delays (around 20ish mins).
Great Railway, Great North Railway, Great Eastern Railway, Great North Eastern Railway
travel.ciao.co.uk /Great_North_Eastern_Railway__94944   (936 words)

  
 Manugistics solutions improve passenger demand forecast accuracy for UK client, Great North Eastern Railway
GNER has used the Manugistics passenger rail revenue management solutions at its London Kings Cross and York offices since January 2004.
GNER operates Britain's fastest domestic railway, linking England and Scotland, using one of the UK's most heavily traveled passenger rail networks, which carried more than 15 million passengers in 2003.
GNER operates fast and frequent services on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East of England and Scotland - a route network of 920 miles.
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 Tux:Tops | Mobility with Linux and more
Linux and WiFi on the Great North Eastern Railway
This is a quick HOWTO for those using Linux to access the Internet from a Great North Eastern Railway train in UK.
Geeks.com has another great deal (note: we are not affiliated with geeks.com in any way): this time they sell the Dell Axim X5-Advanced model for $179, and the deal includes as extras a Belkin case, foldable keyboard and a sync/charge cable/car-charger.
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 The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society
The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society was founded in 1974 by a group of local enthusiasts interested in promoting railways in the North Nottinghamshire area.
In 1766 the Great North Road was diverted through the town and in 1777 a canal opened linking Retford to the river Trent.
Today, high speed diesel and electric trains of the Great North Eastern Railway and modern diesel units of Hull Trains speed through on their way to London, York, or Edinburgh.
www.bnnrs.net   (544 words)

  
 Great North Eastern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GNER locomotives are serviced at Bounds Green TMD in London; and at Craigentinny in Edinburgh.
GNER were the second-to-last British train company to allow smoking in designated areas on their trains, but banned it completely on 29 August 2005.
On 15 December 2006, the Department for Transport announced that it is set to dissolve GNER's franchise to operate the East Coast Main Line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_North_Eastern_Railway   (2621 words)

  
 UK government says will not renegotiate GNER's East Coast rail franchise - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
GNER has run the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in the UK since 1997, but has struggled to meet the payments for a 10 year extension to the franchise won last year.
It stressed GNER is not in any breach of its franchise commitments and pointed out the rail company's lines of credit and financial activities have been 'ring-fenced' from those of Sea Containers.
GNER wants the UK government to renegotiate the terms of the franchise, which guarantees the government 1.3 bln stg in payments.
www.forbes.com /markets/feeds/afx/2006/10/16/afx3092776.html   (690 words)

  
 London and North Eastern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North Eastern Railway owned the largest mileage: 1757 route miles (2828 km), as compared with the North British Railway (1378 miles or 2218 km) and the Hull and Barnsley Railway, at 106.5 miles (171 km).
In partnership with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the LNER was co-owner of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the UK's biggest joint railway system, much of which competed with the LNER's own lines.
The company was nationalised in 1948 under the Transport Act 1947 and became part of British Railways, in part so that the severe war damage in the big, inner-city stations could be repaired more swiftly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway   (1173 words)

  
 CNN.com - Railway crash track 'not good' - October 18, 2000
LONDON, England -- The company responsible for railway lines in the United Kingdom has admitted that the track at the site of a high-speed train crash was not in good condition, and speed restrictions are now being imposed at other sites across the country.
Christopher Garnett, chief executive of train operator Great North Eastern Railway, appeared to support the theory that it was the track and not the train that was at fault.
The derailment was the latest in a series of accidents on Britain's railway network that have sapped public confidence.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/UK/10/18/train.crash.03/index.html   (754 words)

  
 King's Cross Station -- Where Harry Potter Boards the Train
The station is real and found on Euston Road, in the King's Cross district of north central London.
It is one of 10 main-line stations in the English capital and headquarters of the Great North Eastern Railway, whose line snakes up the United Kingdom’s east coast, through North London and Hertfordshire, to northern Scotland.
However, the lives of ordinary working people were continually devastated by having to uproot in the face of encroachment by the railways.
www.angelfire.com /mi3/cookarama/kingcross.html   (758 words)

  
 British Railway Rolls Out Wireless Internet On Entire Fleet
GNER chief executive officer Jonathan Metcalfe is delighted by the new service.
Every coach on the train is a wireless hot spot, connected to the GNER network by roof-mounted satellites and mobile phone antennae, using 3G and GPRS technology.
GNER, which has held its rail service contract with the UK government since 1996, is the largest subsidiary of the British company Sea Containers.
www.dailywireless.com /news/british-railway-wireless-2006   (474 words)

  
 GNER.co.uk > GNER > Online train tickets for travel to London, York, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow
GNER launches best-ever Leeds-London rail service - click here for the full story
GNER strikes gold for putting safety first - click here to find out more
GNER trains more punctual than planes - click here for details
www.gner.co.uk /GNER   (103 words)

  
 Today's London train services
First Great Western Link is the new name for the train service, previously run by Thames Trains.
Great North Eastern Railway - London train services from London to the North east of England and Scotland.
One - London train service 'one' is the new railway franchise for the East of England, providing all services from London Liverpool Street to the East Anglia region.
travel.greatholidaysandhotels.com /todayslondontrainservices.html   (592 words)

  
 GNER.co.uk > GNER > Online train tickets for travel to London, York, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow
GNER WiFi reaches new milestone - click here for the full story
GNER wins Britain's best rail operator award - click here for details
GNER enters into new management agreement with DfT - click here for full story
www.gner.co.uk   (193 words)

  
 Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) and Grand Central | Reckon LLP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
This category is for items related to the GNER franchise and Grand Central Trains'; application for access to the East Coast Main Line to run direct services from Sunderland to London in competition with GNER.
GNER franchise to terminate in "12 to 18 months"
Reckon LLP is a London-based consultancy firm specialising in regulation and competition economics.
www.reckon.co.uk /tags/gner   (205 words)

  
 Naperville Travel - Train Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
It is considered one of the greatest achieve-ments of the Victorian Age, and known as the eighth wonder of the world.
Our train will pass the large locomotive shed (not open to the public) built in 1897-this is the railway's main workshop, where the line's engines are lovingly restored and main-tained by the company's craftsmen and volunteers of the Strathspey Railway Association, using the traditional skills of the engineer.
The two-kilometer Cairngorm Funicular Railway is the highest railway in the United Kingdom and will take our group up the slopes of Cairngorm, the UK's fifth highest mountain (4,084ft).
www.napertravel.com /trains/train_lgb_luxury.html   (1670 words)

  
 GNER - Great North Eastern Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Great North Eastern Railway operates services through Doncaster from London to Leeds and London to York, the North East and Scotland.
GNER boasts operating the flagship Flying Scotsman service originally created by the London North Eastern Railway.
The GNER fleet consists of class 91 Electric locootives hauling mark four coaching stock at speeds up to 125mph as well as Diesel powered Inter city 125 sets for services that operate beyond its electrified routes ie Hull Skipton Bradford Inverness and Aberdeen
www.amr.clara.net /travel/gner.html   (155 words)

  
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Great Northern Railway's Marcus Division Northeastern Washington and British Columbia
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 Opposition to the registration of FLYING SCOTSMAN trademark for dissimilar goods dismissed in the UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Director of Passenger Rail Franchising and Great North Eastern Railway vs.
The applicant had rights to the Flying Scotsman name for the locomotive and its use of the mark on dissimilar goods would not prejudice the opponents as other registrations existed for THE FLYING SCOTSMAN mark.
After 1963, the BRB maintained The Flying Scotsman service but scrapped the Flying Scotsman train which was bought by Alan Pegler, a railway enthusiast, who maintained it and operated it on excursions across the UK.
www.wptn.com /tmrk_023_jul01.htm   (612 words)

  
 CNN.com - Six face rail manslaughter charges - Jul. 9, 2003
Six other people, including former Railtrack boss Gerald Corbett, have been charged with failing to protect the safety of rail users.
Four people died in the October 17, 2000, crash when a Great North Eastern Railway express derailed half a mile south of Hatfield station in Hertfordshire, 30 km (18 miles) north of London.
Five people were charged Wednesday with four offences of manslaughter and one health and safety offense.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/07/09/uk.hatfield/index.html   (405 words)

  
 High Speed Train WebRing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Trips along the North East Corridor of AMTRAK are not always without problems.
Proposes to build a big airport for Eastern Europe 36 km west of Warsaw, Poland, on top of two intersecting high-speed rail lines, in line with EU policy to promote rail as the most environment-friendly mode of transport.
Short biography of an amazing man who ran several railroads, was both a rail historian and a railfan, and proposed many new ideas for railroads.
p.webring.com /hub?ring=speedtrain   (799 words)

  
 Taking the Train to Edinburgh
We rode the Great North Eastern Railway to Edinburgh.
As we approached the Scottish border, the railroad tracks paralleled the North Sea.
Like I said earlier, it would have been great to be able to stop the train and hop out at each and every place that looked enticing.
www.fortunecity.com /millenium/dipsy/31/places/train.html   (268 words)

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